Run, Run, Run

This morning I wasn't teaching my 6am jazzercise class so I thought I would take advantage of waking up early and head out for a run. It was a "personal best" timewise (for all of you nike+ people) and I feel really great about it! However... a group (are they groups?) of flies found me one mile into my run and would NOT leave me alone! I tried to outrun them, I tried to swat them, I tried to swish them with my ponytail- - NOTHING WORKED. They were dive-bombing my head, landing on my ears and driving me crazy! Those damn flies have got to be the fittest flies around, keeping up with me for 5 miles. How do you get flies to leave you alone? I would have thought because I was moving they wouldn't have stuck around for so long, at the rate they were circling my head, you would have thought I was road kill.

Here Comes the Weekend!

Well, that g&t last night was perfect. :) I hope, those of you who particpated, enjoyed yours as well. I went for a nice long run this morning which felt wonderful, but when I came back I was COVERED in mosquito bites- - covered! I guess I'll have to remember to lather up in bug spray before I hit the road. It probably doesn't help that where I like to run is a 10 mile (no I don't run the whole length) long dirt road replete with farms, rabbits, horses, creeks and trees- - it's always damp and dewey.

Not too much going on this weekend, just the big surprise party tomorrow night! We went shopping last night for all of the food/decorations we just need to now finish the playlist and getting pictures to put around. I hope everything comes together seamlessly.

It looks like its going to rain all day today, but thats okay with me. If I'm going to be in my office all day, I'd rather the weather was TERRIBLE!

I hope everyone has a great weekend! Hopefully I'll have some great stories about the party on Monday!

Causeway

We have this great running trail near my house, the Causeway. Originally, it was built to connect the Champlain Islands with the "mainland" of Vermont by rail to import/export between NYC and Canada. The trail sweeps through a local park, bog, natural/preserved land, then extends into Lake Champlain with Malletts Bay on one side and the broad lake on the other. For 2.5 miles you can run straight out into the lake until "The Cut" which allows large boats to pass through into the bay. We ran here yesterday for the first time this season. I always forget how this is my favorite place to run.

Check it out: